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'Dummy' Michael Flynn gets roasted by Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert

Erin Jensen, USA TODAY
Published 9:32 a.m. ET Feb. 15, 2017

Former national security adviser Michael Flynn's resignation Monday, after less than a month, provided plenty of fodder for late night hosts Tuesday. It's only natural, when put in context with the sheer number of jokes that emerged around another short-lived pairing that took the country by storm: Kim Kardashian's marriage to Kris Humphries. And that was after a whopping 72 days.

Late Night with Seth Meyers

In "A Closer Look," Meyers comically put into perspective how short Flynn's 24-day tenure was. "Twenty-four days," the talk show host said. "I use disposable razors longer than that. He didn't even last as long as a David Blaine stunt."

If you're getting ice for Flynn, get some for senior adviser Stephen Miller as well. "Stephen Miller looks like the guy who shows up with a flashlight when teens are getting drunk in a graveyard," Meyers quipped.

Meyers also had words for POTUS, regarding a photograph Meyers said was taken in the dining room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, in which Trump's smiling face rested in the palm on his hand. "He looks like he's posing for a funny office poster (which reads) 'You don't have to be crazy to work here but it helps!'"

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Colbert joked that Flynn resigned because "he just wanted to spend more time with his Russian contacts." There's also his budding career as an "author" of greeting cards, shown on Tuesday's Late Show, that needs to be tended to.

"Now at first Flynn denied (he discussed sanctions with Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak)," the host continued. "But (Flynn) got caught because, turns out, we listen in on every phone call to the Russian Ambassador. Who knew? Evidently, not the national security adviser, you dummy."

Addressing The Washington Post's report that Flynn "couldn't be certain that the topic never came up," Colbert mentioned one way Flynn could've been certain. "As the national security adviser, you could ask for the transcript," Colbert suggested, before doing an impression of Flynn with a book of transcripts. "'Could I see that please? I should really not have this job,'" Colbert said laughing. "It's funny 'cause it's treason."